[Ginny]

I am having fun. Just when I am thinking that things are going well, I find my ruler foot is not against the ruler, creating unplanned design features. Have not started on circles yet, but have watched the videos. I am doing better with somewhat even stitching, so hopeful I gain some FMQ confidence as well.

[Ginny]

No expert here, but I have heard on other videos that the foot should be able to skim across the fabric, when the foot is in the down position. Mine touches the fabric, but just barely. I put my quilt sandwich under the foot, lower the presser foot, and make sure I can move the sandwich easily. If not, I adjust my foot. I do not use one of the mats yet, but I see most persons on videos who do free motion quilting have one on their machine. Without the needle moving, can you smoothly use the ruler to move the fabric under the ruler foot on the surface you are working on? I have found it is a balance to support the ruler so that it does not slip, yet being conscious of not pressing too hard. I have even caught myself pressing the ruler against the foot too hard. I remind myself….light touch, light touch…. Have fun.

[Ginny]

I also have found it challenging, but have found how to do it. The key for me was logging into the Quilt Addicts Anonymous Academy in the upper right section of its home page . After logged in, go to My courses, then select your course, and then curriculum. Scroll down within the curriculum section to the video that you want and click on it. The video takes 30-60 seconds to show up on my laptop, and sometimes I have to scroll down for it to be visible to click on. If this does not work for you, I will sign off and then sign back on, writing down each step I used. Best of luck.

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